I was feeling a little silly about posting a grilled cheese sandwich until I remembered how easy it is to get stuck in a lunch rut and how hard it can be to think of what to stick between slices of bread when you let yourself get stupid-hungry.
So that’s my disclaimer and here is what is officially my favorite fall lunch: a crispy grilled cheese sandwich with sharp white cheddar, crunchy apple slices, and red onions on Pumpernickel. Add a pop of Dijon mustard and wash it down with a glass of cold, cloudy apple cider or a good beer and you are living fall the way it’s meant to be lived.
Whenever I take a trip, I attempt to keep a journal. I want to remember all the little details, the activities, and, most importantly, what I ate.
Cool fall days always leave me longing for an afternoon cup of coffee. And somehow that cup of coffee just does not seem right without a warm cookie at its side. And if that cookie involves cinnamon and spice, maple or molasses, all the better.
I love cooking this time of year. The weather has cooled to the point where spending a Sunday afternoon in the kitchen feels so right. My head (and belly) start thinking about cooking projects, the kind of cooking I don’t do in the summer. I’m thinking homemade pasta, got to roll out a batch of pasta.